🏆 Achievements
👨💻 Winner of Code 2 Champions - Innovritti 1.0
Innovritti 1.0 was the first inter-college competition organized by ITM University, Raipur.
A handful of school students also participated in the contests (I was one of them).
I took part in the "Code 2 Champions" coding competition, which consisted of three rounds covering SQL mind maps, queries, and databases, with the final round including DSA integration. Over 20 individuals and teams participated, almost all of them college students.
I was the only school student in the competition and emerged as the champion, winning a prize of ₹3000.
🌏 Winner of Earth Day Quiz 2025 - NEHU Shillong
This was an online quiz organized by North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, which hosted the INESO Camp 2024.
The quiz saw around 200 participants from across India. The program also featured two insightful lectures by members of the Geological Society of India on Geothermal Energy and Green Hydrogen.
👨💻 All India Rank 10 - HPE Codewars 2025 India Edition
HPE CodeWars is a 3-hour online coding competition organized by Codingal on their platform.
Over 23,000 students participated, and I secured the 10th position, earning a keyboard as a prize.
✉️ Selective Invitation - Harvard Undergraduate Ventures-TECH Summer Program 2025
Harvard Undergraduate Ventures-TECH Summer Program is the premier high school innovation academy which provides students with hands-on experience by working with leading startups and mentorship from world-renowned CEOs, investors, and Harvard faculty.
I was identified by one of their partner organizations as a strong fit for the 2025 program.
I applied for the program but was not selected for the cohort.
🇮🇳 Qualified for National Camp - Indian National Earth Science Olympiad 2025
For the second consecutive year, I qualified for the Indian National Camp for the International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO). Driven by my continued passion for Earth science, I chose to take the exam again in 2025 to challenge myself.
Since I had already represented India in IESO 2024, I was not eligible to be selected again for the international team.
🦋 Selected for International Quantum Research - BeyondQuantum 2025
🤖 Qualified for Stage 2 - The India Artificial Intelligence Olympiad
🎖️ Felicitated as One of India's Esteemed International Olympiad Medalists of 2024
👨💻 Zonal Topper - Zonal Computing Olympiad
📱 Runner-Up of Nagpur region - TCS InQuizitive 2024
👨💻 Winner of Coding Competition - Nexus 2K24
👨💻 Runner-up of Technical Quiz - Nexus 2K24
🧠 Winner of General Knowledge Quiz - Mindspark 2024
🏅 Special Mention (United Nations General Assembly) - KPS Model United Nations 3.0
🌏 International Earth Science Olympiad 2024
💳 Zonal Winner - National Financial Literacy Quiz 2024
🧪 Certificate of High Distinction - International Chemistry Quiz 2023
💡 Selected in the First Stage - ATL Inspire Manak Awards 2023-24
💡 Idea selected for the National Rounds - Junior Smart India Hackathon 2024
🛕 Bhubaneswar region Runner-Up - CBSE Heritage India Quiz 2023
👨💻 Winner of Technical Quiz - Nexus 2K23
🥎 Ultimate Sports Quiz
🤖 Winner - Data and AI Talks 2023
Data and AI Talks 2023 was a flagship program organized by igebra.ai, a Delaware, US-based AI research, product development, and education company.
Over 10,000 students from 12 schools participated in the event, with the grand finale held at NH Goel School, Raipur.
Out of 10,000+ participants, 1,034 were selected for the qualifying rounds, 72 advanced to Level 1, and 12 to Level 2.
I emerged as the winner of Group C (Senior) and was awarded an iPad along with various other prizes from the event sponsors.
🧠 All India Top 5 - Mind Wars National Academic Championship 2023
Mind Wars was a platform supported by Zee5 where anyone could play quizzes on various topics and learn something new. It also hosted various contests with exciting prizes.
This particular competition was a one-of-a-kind online MCQ-based test, where the top 2 rankers won a trip to Thailand. I don’t remember my exact rank, but I was in the top 5.
🛕 CBSE Heritage India Quiz 2022
The CBSE Heritage India Quiz aims to deepen students’ understanding and appreciation of India's rich cultural legacy, historical milestones, and diverse traditions.
The 2022 edition focused on the theme of India’s Freedom Movement, commemorating 75 years of independence under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav initiative.
Tens of thousands of schools from across the country participated in this multi-stage competition, which began with an online qualifying round.
Top-performing teams advanced through the regional rounds, with an average of over 30 teams competing in each region. The best among them moved on to the National Semi-Finals and Finals, held at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lodi Estate, New Delhi.
Atharv Sharma, Shreeansh Naidu, and I represented our school in all the rounds, ultimately finishing as National 1st Runners-Up and receiving a cash prize of ₹15,000.
Team Picture: Left to rightManan Sethia, Shreeansh Naidu, Atharv Sharma
📺 National 1st Runners-Up – New Delhi
The National Final featured teams from New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, and Karnataka.
The team from New Delhi won, and we (Chhattisgarh) secured second place.
📺 Semi-Final 4 Winners – New Delhi
Semi-Final 4 featured teams from Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Assam, and Jharkhand.
We won the Semi-Final with a score of 100 points!
🏆 Zonal Champions - Bhubaneswar region
We emerged as the Bhubaneswar Zone Champions after qualifying through the preliminary round and winning the stage round.
A total of thirty teams took part in the preliminary round, and then six teams were selected for the stage round. From these, one team per region advanced to the National Rounds in New Delhi.
News Coverage🏆 Winners of Paryavaran Paheli ECO Quiz - KPS Intelligence Fest 2022
Once again, with my quiz partner Atharv, we took part in our school's interschool fest quiz competition and emerged as the winners in the senior category.
Several teams from various schools in Raipur participated in the prelims, and six teams were selected for the on-stage finals.
🛕 City Champions - Intach Heritage Quiz 2022
The INTACH Heritage Quiz is an annual national-level quiz competition based on organized by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH).
Alongside my classmate and friend Atharv Sharma, we secured first place in the city round of the quiz, despite the rather underwhelming setup, which relied on phone stopwatches instead of proper buzzers.
🏆 Winners of Senior Group Quiz - Shine COSMO 2022
Shine COSMO is an interschool event conducted by the Rotary Club of Raipur and hosted by Maharaja Agrasen International College.
Partnering with my classmate and friend Atharv Sharma, we emerged as the champions of the quiz competition, which saw participation from over 30 schools.
🏏 Fit India Quiz 2021 – Season 1
The inaugural Fit India Quiz, launched in September 2021 as part of the Fit India Movement, aimed to promote fitness and sports awareness among schoolchildren across India.
The preliminary rounds saw participation from 36,299 students representing 13,502 schools nationwide.
From there, 360 schools advanced to the state-level competitions.
Eventually, 36 schools — each representing a different State or Union Territory — qualified for the National Finals.
Partnering with Ishant Talreja, we represented our school in the televised National Rounds. Our school received ₹2,50,000, and our team was awarded ₹25,000.
Felicitation of State Champions in Mumbai📺 Selected for National Rounds
Our quarter-final featured teams from Gujarat, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu.
The team from Tamil Nadu won, and we (Chhattisgarh) secured second place.
🏆 State Champions - Chhattisgarh
We became the Chhattisgarh State Champions after winning both the State Semi-Final and the State Final.
Eight school teams competed in the State Semi-Finals, with two teams from each advancing to the State Final.
🍀 Certificate of Merit - Teri Green Olympiad 2019
The TERI Green Olympiad is an annual environmental examination organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), a New Delhi-based research institute.
Initiated in 1999, the olympiad is designed to assess students for their knowledge on enviornmental issues and sustainable development.
Over 2,000 schools participate each year, and I earned the Certificate of Merit when I was in 6th grade.
🐼 Zonal 2nd Runner-Up – Senior Wild Wisdom Quiz 2019
Upon entering 6th grade, I became eligible for the senior category of the Wild Wisdom Quiz.
Partnering with Utkarsh Dewangan, then in 8th grade, we competed together and secured the position of Zonal 2nd Runner-Up. Back-to-back podium finishes by our team!
🌒 All India Rank 23 - All India Astronomy Test 2018-2019
I was always fascinated by the universe, the probabilites of finding life on another planets, is our life same as some other alien's life etc and this fascination made me participate in this contest.
It was a computer based contest and I took part in it through my school.
Honestly, being in the top 25 of my category across the entire nation felt really, really cool to me at that time.
🐝 Winner - Interschool Spell Bee Excella Fest 2018
A spell bee + quiz fusion interschool competition hosted by Chhattisgarh Public School, I was in 5th grade when I participated in it.
🐼 Zonal 1st Runner-Up – Junior Wild Wisdom Quiz 2018
The Wild Wisdom Quiz, initiated by WWF-India in 2008, is a renowned competition focusing on wildlife and environmental awareness. It is Asia's biggest wildlife quiz.
In 5th grade, I participated alongside my teammate, Agriyan Maulik, who was then in 4th grade. The quiz featured teams from Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Together, we achieved the position of Zonal 1st Runner-Up.
🌏 2nd Runner-Up - Quiz Premier League 2.0 Earth Day
This was the first quiz I ever participated in. I took part with my father as my partner when I was in 3rd grade, it was a family quiz. I really enjoyed it and found out about it through a school notification.
The key moment I remember from this quiz is when a buzzer question was asked about the Rafflesia flower. I couldn’t recall its name, but I still pressed the buzzer and said, ‘The name sounds something like this but it has no stem and no roots.’ I was even awarded with the points too lol.
